‘We have nothing’: DRC displacement crisis worsens as fighting continues

More than a year after a peace deal was signed, violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is forcing people south to Tanganyika, where camps are already home to hundreds of thousands living in dire conditions A cry of panic erupts across the camp as several shelters are engulfed in flames.

Women rush to pull their children and meagre possessions away from the blaze.

The young men of the camp quickly tear down the neighbouring shelters to form a firebreak.

Fire destroys homes at the Muganwa camp outside the town of Kalemie, DRC, on 11 September Continue reading...